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Srimati Vijayalaxmi Trivedi (Died 1913), another poetess*
SrimatI Dipakaba Desai's (Born 1882) poems, characterised
by charm and simplicity, are widely appreciated. Her
works are Stavanamahjari (1923), Khanda Kftvya (1926), and
Sanjivim, a play translated from Marathi. Srimatl Hansa
Mehta (Born 1897), once the editor of the weekly
HindustkSna, has written three short plays collected
under the name of Trana Nafako. She is also the author
of several works intended for children. She has adop-
ted parts of Gulliver's Travels in GolibahUranl Musftfari,
and written an interesting educative book, Aruna nun
Adbhuta Svapna. A little boy is taken by Garud to different
lands in a dream and told the story of its past glory and
present achievements.

Srimatl Priyamati (1893), or, to use her nom-de-plume,
Jyotsna, Shukla was the editor of a monthly magazine,
Cetana, and of the weekly Sudarfana. She is the author
of several essays and poems not yet collected in book form.
Her poems are rich in feeling and sentiment Dilrubnne,
To the Dilruba, is one of her noteworthy poems. Her
. stirring patriotic songs inspired by the political situation
in 1930 are felicitously composed and have justly earned
great popularity in the province. She has translated two
novels from Marathi,—Indirfi and Jyftre Suryodaya Thashe.
Shrimatis Kanuben Dave and Chaitanyabala Majmudar,
both promising authors were cut off by early death.

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Srimatl Lilavati Munshi (Born 1899) jointly edited
GujarUta with me for some years, and has written numer-
ous sketches of contemporary and historical personalities;
short novels, stories and one-act plays; diaries and
letters relating to her travels in India and Europe; and
essays. Her works published up to 1925 are collected in a
volume styled Rekhftcitro ane Bijn Lekho, Sketches and
Other Writings. (1925). Kumnradevi (1930) is a play in five
acts. Her stories and plays after 1925 are collected in two
volumes entitled JivanniShthl Jadeli, Found From Life,
Parts I and II (1932.) Other miscellaneous writings are
collected in Vadhu Rekh'dcitro ane Biju Badhun, More